Garment attachment



M y 1938- v H. K. HARTRISON 2,113,196

GARMENT ATTACHMENT Filed July 13, 1956 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented May 24, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT ATTACHMENT Hartman K. Harrison, Baltimore, Md.

Application July 13, 1936, Serial No. 90,399

2 Claims. (01. 2-87) This invention relates generally to wearing apviding a chamber I of cross sectional rounded or parel, and its general object is to provide an oval configuration, extending longitudinally and attachment that is primarily designed for use centrally of the strip to provide flat upper and with raincoats and the like for disposal circumlower portions 2 and 3 respectively. The tubular 5 ferentially about the inner side adjacent to the portion is preferably co-extensive with the length lower edge thereof, to hold the latter spaced outof the strip, and has one end closed as at 4, while wardly and away from the garments worn below the opposite end is open, for the purpose of introthe same, to direct rain water and the like acducing air therein by any well known means, or cordingly from the garments as well as from merely by manually blowing therein, until the the shoes of the wearer, so as to prevent water tubular portion becomes inflated, as will be ap- 10 damage thereto and discomfort caused by water p soaked or wet material. The open end of the tubular portion is closed A further object of the invention is to promerely by folding the strip upon itself as shown vide a rain garment attachment of the character in Figure 2 and applying a U-shaped clamp 5 16 set forth that is inflatable, and is filled with air to the folded portions, so as to prevent the escape when in use, to accomplish its intended purpose, of air therefrom.

yet is inconspicuous when inflated or deflated, in The open end of the tubular portion may be that it is hidden from view at all times, and when reduced to provide a nipple, but in any event the eflate s fla a lies accordingly st t open end portion is folded upon itself in a manner garment to which it is attached. suggested in Figure 5 and held accordingly by 20 Another object of the invention is to provide a the clamp 5, to prevent the escape of air from rain garment attachment that may be permathe chamber.

nently fixed thereto, or detachable therefrom, The attachment is preferably disposed adjacent causes no discomfort, can be readily inflated and to the bottom of the garment, and may be perdeflated, is simple in construction, inexpensive manently fixed or detachably secured thereto.

to manufacture and extremely efficient in use and In any event, it is desirable to have the upper service. edge of the upper portion 2 fixed to the garment,

This invention also consists in certain other as b t shown i Figures 3 d 4, so t t h features of construction and in the combination t device is i fl t d the portion of the gar and arrangement of the several parts, to be heret below th upper edge of the upper portion 30 inafter fully described, illustrated in the accorn- 2 111 be directed outwardly t a major degree, as panying drawing and specifically Pointed out in best shown in Figure 4,- and therefore direct rain the appended Cla mswater accordingly so as to prevent the latter from In describing the invention in detail, reference contacting garments that extend below the ram Will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein garment, or adjacent to the lower edge thereof, 35

like characters denote like or corresponding parts as Well as the shoes of the wearer, thereby retainthroughout the several Views, and in which: ing the same in a reasonably dry condition, as

Figure 1 is a view illustrating my attachment will be apparent pp to a raincflat and in It is thought from the foregoing description F gure s ase V W taken approximately that the advantages and novel features of the 40 on line 22 of Figure 1. invention will be readily apparent.

Fi ure 3 is a fragmentary ew sh win t It is to be understood that changes may be device or attachment deflated. made in the construction and in the combination Figure 4 is a similar ew S ow e device and arrangement of the several parts, provided inflated. that such changes fall within the scope of the 45 Figure 5 is a sectional view taken approximately appended claims, on line 5-5 of Figure 2. What I claim is:

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be 1. A garment comprising a freely depending noted that I have illustrated y device as being skirt like portion, a strip of elastic material inattached to a raincoat, for use therewith, but I eluding a fiat portion e ur d circumferentially 50 Want it understood that it can be attached to any about the inner side of the skirt like portion adtyp of rain garment. d n t e o as s w jacent to the lower edge thereof, an inflatable in ludes es n ly a r ly na r w p, p tubular portion included in the strip and having erably made from rubber or other leak proof maan open end, said tubular portion adapted when terial in a manner to form a tube portion pr inflated to hold said lower edge of the skirt like 55 like portion circumferentially about the inner side adjacent to the lower edge thereof, and said tubular portion having a closed end and an open end and adapted to be inflated to hold said lower edge of the skirt like portion outwardly flared and 5 means for closing the open end.

HARTMAN K. HARRISON. 

